Re: Montanian

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: joe 
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  Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 1:12 PM
  Subject: Re: Montanian



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Adam Walker" <dreamertwo@...>
  To: <CONLANG@...>
  Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 5:48 AM
  Subject: Re: Montanian


  > >From: joe <josephhill@...>
  > >Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:40:32 +0100
  > >
  > >
  > > > joe wrote:
  > > > > (montanian for woman is translated as "Breasted Man")
  > > >
  > > > Interesting!  What's "Man" then, in the sense of "adult male human"?
  > > > Just the plain root "Man"?  Are there *any* words that differentiate
  > > > between male and female?  What about "father" and "mother"?
  > > >
  > >
  > >Person/man is khu. There are no single words that differentiate. Tallak khu
  > >means woman,when necessary to differentiate and lhallud is parent. Tallak
  > >lhallud is only used when it is absoloutly necessary to differentiate
  > >between father and mother.
  > >
  > 
  > So the default gender on all words is male?  there are no "female" words in
  > the language making all feminine references highly marked.  Is there a
  > concultural reason for this extreme bias?
  > 
  > Adam
  > 
  > 
  > 

 Actually, male's are dominant in most societies. (Just wondering, can you give
me any examples of the reverse? maybe a language too?) So it is logical.

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